Vegas Golden Knights vs. Calgary FlamesMar 23, 2023

FinalThursday, Mar 23, 2023· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	0	1	3		VGK	12	8	12	32
CGY	1	0	1	2		CGY	14	12	18	44

: VGK 60CGY 86
: VGK 3.10CGY 2.98
PP goals: VGK 0CGY 1
Hits: VGK 12CGY 25
Blocks: VGK 32CGY 15
PIM: VGK 4CGY 2
: VGK 59%CGY 41%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights edge Calgary Flames 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 3–2 at CGY. Nazem Kadri (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Kessel–Stephenson–Roy skated 10:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for VGK: Kessel–Stephenson–Roy skated 10:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Stephenson Roy
Goalie
Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +8 against a season average of 30.6; the win.Thompson
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 21:01, −3:00 down on his 24:01 season average over 72 games.Pietrangelo
Usage
Reilly Smith (VGK) played 11:39, −5:23 down on his 17:02 season average over 77 games.Smith
Shots
Nazem Kadri (CGY) led everyone with 7 shot on goals, scoring once.Kadri
Cats
Alec Martinez (VGK) blocked 5 shots in 20:03.Martinez

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 146 of 146 attempts · CGY 86 · VGK 60

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY pressure
VGK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 29% of the game, CGY 29%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CGY

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VGK	CGY
	68	84
	3.50	2.44
	3.27	2.35
	19	14
	5	7
	17	17
	+0.083	−0.083
	29%	29%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
12:4644% CF
L2Kessel – Stephenson – Roy
10:1545% CF
L3Blueger – Amadio – Howden
9:3867% CF
L4Smith – Karlsson – Dorofeyev
8:2641% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
16:2739% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
16:0750% CF
D3Martinez – Pietrangelo
15:2157% CF

PP1Kessel – Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Dorofeyev
1:07
PP2Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel – Roy
0:43100% CF
PK1FStephenson – Roy
1:03
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:57
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
2:10
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:24

Current VGK line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Backlund – Coleman – Huberdeau
14:2250% CF
L2Toffoli – Lindholm – Mangiapane
11:4645% CF
L3Kadri – Ritchie – Dube
10:3159% CF
L4Lewis – Lucic – Duehr
7:4264% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
17:3558% CF
D2Weegar – Zadorov
17:2462% CF
D3Gilbert – Stecher
11:3365% CF

PP1Backlund – Toffoli – Lindholm – Mangiapane – Andersson
1:44100% CF
PP2Kadri – Huberdeau – Weegar – Ritchie – Dube
1:42100% CF
PK1FLewis – Coleman
0:41
PK2FBacklund – Lindholm
0:40
PK1DHanifin – Andersson
1:07
PK2DWeegar – Zadorov
0:41

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:43
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Jack Eichel, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Barbashev, EichelCGY: Backlund, Coleman, Huberdeau, Weegar, Zadorov
VGK 1 – 0 CGY
15:23
VGKMichael Amadio (Shea Theodore, Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: McNabb, Blueger, Theodore, Amadio, HowdenCGY: Lewis, Lucic, Weegar, Gilbert, Duehr
VGK 2 – 0 CGY
19:02
CGYMilan Lucic (Walker Duehr)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Theodore, Barbashev, EichelCGY: Lewis, Lucic, Gilbert, Stecher, Duehr
VGK 2 – 1 CGY

3rd period

5:19
VGKNicolas Roy (Phil Kessel, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.19 xG
VGK: Kessel, McNabb, Stephenson, Theodore, RoyCGY: Kadri, Ritchie, Hanifin, Andersson, Dube
VGK 3 – 1 CGY
12:33
CGYNazem KadriPP (Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Roy, HowdenCGY: Kadri, Huberdeau, Weegar, Ritchie, Dube
VGK 3 – 2 CGY

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	18:28	—	—	40	41
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	40	39
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.34	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	44	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.43	0	2	0	18:36	—	—	44	69
Nicolas Roy C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	1	2	0	16:32	—	—	42	70
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	39	62
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:46	—	—	59	80
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.25	3	1	0	12:30	—	—	60	92
Michael Amadio R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	11:50	—	—	63	94
William Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	3	0	16:05	—	—	45	63
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	42	59
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	44	60
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	4	0	19:40	—	—	42	61
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	19:18	—	—	33	43
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	19:41	—	—	47	61
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	5	2	18:39	—	—	43	54
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	2	0	21:01	—	—	56	74
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	5	0	20:03	—	—	53	74

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	2.44	53:53
Jonathan Quick	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.54	6:07

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	1	2	0	19:36	—	—	54	48
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	51	39
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:07	—	—	53	41
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	18:10	—	—	43	25
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.49	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	46	29
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.38	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	47	27
Nazem Kadri C	L3	1	0	1	-1	7	0.31	2	0	0	15:57	—	—	62	44
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	2	0	0	14:39	—	—	59	40
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	3	2	0	14:00	—	—	62	42
Milan Lucic L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	10:25	—	—	64	55
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	3	0	0	10:23	—	—	60	49
Walker Duehr R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	10:16	—	—	63	61
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	23:23	—	—	56	46
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	1	0	22:33	—	—	49	31
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.21	3	4	0	23:17	—	—	59	52
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	3	2	0	20:38	—	—	59	60
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	0	2	13:52	—	—	47	24
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	61	35

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	3.10	57:40

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.